Thread by @nickmartin

Twitter has temporarily suspended journalist and author @DavidNeiwert, who doggedly covers white supremacists and the far-right.

"They locked my account because of my book cover illustration," he tells me by email.

Here's his book cover:

Hey @TwitterSupport, fix this. Bring back @DavidNeiwert's account, which was most likely targeted by trolls.

Here's the appeal @DavidNeiwert tells me sent to Twitter after his account was suspended:

I talked to @DavidNeiwert and wrote something about his Twitter suspension for @thedailybeast. thedailybeast.com/journalist-dav…

While you're here, please read and share @DavidNeiwert's own post about all this at @dailykos. m.dailykos.com/stories/1864093

The publisher of @DavidNeiwert's book says Twitter needs to "restore his account immediately." New reporting here by @nancylevine: rantt.com/twitter-has-no…

It's been three days, and @DavidNeiwert's Twitter account is still suspended because of an illustration on the cover of his book. latimes.com/books/la-et-jc…

Twitter tells journalist and author @DavidNeiwert, essentially, that his suspension was not some algorithmic mistake but an intentional move that the company is standing by. dailykos.com/stories/2019/6…